Martin O’Neill fed ‘some progress’ misinformation by disingenuous Celtic Board

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·19 febbraio 2026

Martin O’Neill fed ‘some progress’ misinformation by disingenuous Celtic Board

Martin O’Neill has revealed that there has been “some progress” in ongoing discussions between the Celtic board and fans who are banned. Whoever told him that certainly wasn’t being candid…

Celtic interim Chairman Brian Wilson looks on during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on February 01, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

The Green Brigade remains barred from attending matches at Celtic Park, though the Collective met with Brian Wilson yesterday to try and resolve the situation. The Celtic Star will provide an update from the minutes taken at the meeting but it certainly feels like Martin has been misled by those running our football club.

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It appears despite Martin O’Neill’s comments, that there has been no progress made and in fact yesterday’s meeting has now thrown up more questions than answers.

Green Brigade attend game despite ban and protest against board during the Premier League match between Hibernian and Celtic at Easter Road on November 30, 2025 (Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images)

As things stand there will be no Green Brigade inside Celtic Park tonight and fan media continue to be banned, although for the first time we get to hear exactly why, and it’s another case of the collective punishment that the Celtic Board has disgracefully resorted to this season.

Celtic Board and the Green Brigade. Dundee Utd v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. Tannadice, 17 December 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

After the meeting Brian Wilson did reach out to the Green Brigade seeking another conversation on the phone so there is a slim chance of progress but no more than that. So much for unity.

So it is as you were. Exactly what the club needs heading into such an important period…

Speaking via Celtic’s official YouTube channel a clearly misled Martin O’Neill said: “I think there has been some discussions of which I wasn’t party to, but I think there’s been some progress made.”

“But as I’ve been saying, the sooner there is unity at Celtic Park, the better for all concerned. I have no doubt that the crowd behind the goal on Sunday contributed greatly to us fighting back. No question.”

“A full house here is something special. Every European night that I’ve had in the past was just full of special moments. Major sides were very, very concerned about coming here. The passion, the drive and the noise that’s made.”

“I remember the game against Liverpool in our UEFA run and John Robertson, my old friend, was standing beside me speaking to me. I couldn’t hear a word he was saying for the first 10 or 15 minutes, it was so, so loud. Little bits have been lost from that. That’s regrettable.”

The Green Brigade are seen during the Cinch Scottish Premiership match between Celtic FC and Livingston FC at Celtic Park on December 23, 2023. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

O’Neill – who is set to oversee the 1,000th senior match of his managerial career in the Europa League tonight – has also hinted at a more open-minded approach regarding his future, suggesting he may be less certain about stepping away at the end of the season.

The Celtic boss said: “I really genuinely think that that’s too far in the future for me. You mentioned about the 1000 games. If you’d seen my early matches at Leicester City in late 95, early 96, you’d have got long odds on me doing 1000 games.”

“But it’s far too far in the future. It’s a long way away and how I feel today might be totally different in ten days time.”

“We’ve got a lot of games here and a lot of work to do. And if we fall by the wayside, which we could easily do, I don’t think we’d be having any sort of discussion.”

Conor Spence

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